Pictures of the day: June 21, 2016

We look at 13 images from events around the world today


Multimedia Desk June 21, 2016
Yoga practitioners mark World Yoga Day for the first time on top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge at sunrise, June 21, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

A woman looks at her mobile phone to check the time before the morning prayer begins during the holy month of Ramazan in the Old City of the northern Israeli city of Arce. PHOTO: REUTERS

A close-up of the head of a "Cyber Horse", made from thousands of infected computer and cell phone bits, is seen on display at the entrance to the annual Cyberweek conference at Tel Aviv University, Israel June 20, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Yoga practitioners mark World Yoga Day for the first time on top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge at sunrise, June 21, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

Young Afghan refugee boys ride on a donkey cart in Islamabad on June 20, 2016. World Refugee Day is marked each year on June 20. Hundreds of thousands of people fled Afghanistan during the last three decades of war, with a majority of them taking refuge in neighbouring Pakistan. PHOTO: AFP

A firefighting BAe-146s jet drops fire retardant, June 18, 2016 at the Sherpa Fire near Santa Barbara, California. The so-called Sherpa fire in the Los Padres National Forest is raging full speed, fanned by strong winds, prompting authorities to declare a state of emergency and intermittently shut highways. The fire is the tourist region's largest since 2009, a Santa Barbara spokesperson said. PHOTO: AFP

Two wildfires burn in the San Gabriel Mountains in Azusa and Duarte behind downtown Los Angeles, California, US. PHOTO: REUTERS

The South Bohemian Philharmonic Quartet performs inside a cooling tower at Temelin nuclear power plant near the town of Tyn nad Vltavou, Czech Republic. PHOTO: REUTERS

Indian pedestrians balance baskets on their heads as they wade through a flooded street after heavy monsoon rain showers in Mumbai. PHOTO: AFP

Chinese enthusiasts practicing yoga at a glass sightseeing platform in Shilinxia scenic area in Beijing. PHOTO: AFP

Indian Army soldiers participate in a yoga demonstration on International Yoga Day in Chennai on June 21, 2016. Yoga, which means union in Sanskrit, is a family of ancient spiritual practices and also a school of spiritual thought from the South East Asian continent, where it remains a vibrant living tradition and is seen as a means of enlightenment. PHOTO: AFP

A DC-10 air tanker drops fire retardant in Duarte, California. Twin fires have already scorched more than 3,500 acres and forced evacuations continue to burn with zero percent containment in the San Gabriel Valley, northeast of Los Angeles. PHOTO: AFP

A woman carries fire wood on her head on the dried banks of the Komadugu River near Diffa in South-East Niger. PHOTO: AFP

Sydneysiders enagage in a yoga event in front of the Australia's iconic landmark Opera House in Sydney on June 21, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

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